--- title: "Popular Invention Proverbs" description: "Browse 1,783 Invention quotes by 1,213 authors. Discover the best Invention sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/shigeru-miyamoto-5303_enough_necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention-i-l_2112695.jpg" --- > [Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shigeru-miyamoto/necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention-i-love-solving-things-like-that/) [Shigeru Miyamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shigeru-miyamoto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/shigeru-miyamoto-5303_enough_necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention-i-l_2112695.jpg) > [The phrase, 'Emancipation of Women' is only an invention of the Jewish intellect and its content is stamped with the same spirit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-phrase-emancipation-of-women-is-only-an-invention-of-the-jewish/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/adolf-hitler-253_emancipation_the-phrase-emancipation-of-women-is-only_1308300.jpg) > [All the inventions and devices ever constructed by the human hand or conceived by the human mind, no matter how delicate, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-harvey-kellogg/all-the-inventions-and-devices-ever-constructed-by-the-human-hand-or/) [John Harvey Kellogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-harvey-kellogg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/john-harvey-kellogg-17002_accurate_all-the-inventions-and-devices-ever-cons_1284430.jpg) > [Mr. Cruncher... always spoke of the year of our Lord as Anna Dominoes: apparently under the impression that the Christian era dated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-cruncher-always-spoke-of-the-year-of-our-lord-as-anna-dominoes/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/charles-dickens-34_anna_mr-cruncher-always-spoke-of-the-year-of_515569.jpg) > [Gay people are born into, and belong to, every society in the world. They are all ages, all races, all faiths. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/gay-people-are-born-into-and-belong-to-every-society-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/anonymous-1_acknowledge_gay-people-are-born-into-and-belong-to-e_2815709.jpg) > [For Rousseau and Mandeville the absence of a moral instinct meant the laws of society had no moral validity, they were nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-himmelfarb/for-rousseau-and-mandeville-the-absence-of-a-moral-instinct-meant-the/) [Gertrude Himmelfarb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-himmelfarb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/gertrude-himmelfarb-35463_absence_for-rousseau-and-mandeville-the-absence_3046660.png) > [I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-chanel/i-consider-lace-to-be-one-of-the-prettiest-imitations-ever-made-of-2/) [Coco Chanel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coco-chanel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/coco-chanel-1318_branches_i-consider-lace-to-be-one-of-the-prettie_2352839.jpg) > [With an absurd oversimplification, the 'invention' of the calculus is sometimes ascribed to two men, Newton and Leibniz. In reality, the calculus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-courant/with-an-absurd-oversimplification-the-invention-of-the-calculus-is/) [Richard Courant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-courant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/richard-courant-41915_absurd_with-an-absurd-oversimplification-the-in_2271087.jpg) > [The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation. Sex does not thrive on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/the-source-of-sexual-power-is-curiosity-passion-you-are-watching-its-2/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/anais-nin-288_asphyxiation_the-source-of-sexual-power-is-curiosity_1257129.png) > [Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself. So that might be creativity, family, invention, adventure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/your-home-is-whatever-in-this-world-you-love-more-than-you-love/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/elizabeth-gilbert-131_adventure_your-home-is-whatever-in-this-world-you_1753956.jpg) > [I saw money becoming more and more important everywhere. It's one of the most abstract and important inventions by human beings. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/costa-gavras/i-saw-money-becoming-more-and-more-important-everywhere-it-s-one-of/) [Costa-Gavras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/costa-gavras/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/costa-gavras-22487_abstract_i-saw-money-becoming-more-and-more-impor_513998.jpg) > [ \[At DuPont,\] I was very fortunate that I worked under men who were very much interested in making discoveries and inventions. They… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-kwolek/at-dupont-i-was-very-fortunate-that-i-worked-under-men-who-were-very/) [Stephanie Kwolek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-kwolek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/stephanie-kwolek-65494_able_at-dupont-i-was-very-fortunate-that-i-wo_1631166.jpg) > [But don't despise error. When touched by genius, when led by chance, the most superior truth can come into being from even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-zweig/but-don-t-despise-error-when-touched-by-genius-when-led-by-chance-the/) [Stefan Zweig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-zweig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/stefan-zweig-811_chance_but-don-t-despise-error-when-touched-by_2638230.jpg) > [The war of ideas is a Greek invention. It is one of the most important inventions ever made. Indeed, the possibility of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-war-of-ideas-is-a-greek-invention-it-is-one-of-the-most-important/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/anonymous-1_bases_the-war-of-ideas-is-a-greek-invention-it_646093.jpg) > [I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/i-would-say-that-in-the-future-the-book-will-be-reserved-for-things/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/art-spiegelman-14058_amused_i-would-say-that-in-the-future-the-book_361682.jpg) > [we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-j-wheatley/we-can-t-be-creative-if-we-refuse-to-be-confused-change-always-starts/) [Margaret J. Wheatley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-j-wheatley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/margaret-j-wheatley-4368_be-creative_we-can-t-be-creative-if-we-refuse-to-be_282563.png) > [My grandfather lived across the garden from us, and in his attic he had a lot of radios, appliances and inventions that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/my-grandfather-lived-across-the-garden-from-us-and-in-his-attic-he/) [Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65e/michel-gondry-6811_appliances_my-grandfather-lived-across-the-garden-f_2738334.png) > [Contrary to what many people believe, the welfare state was originally a 'rightwing' invention. It was the arch-conservative Otton von Bismarck who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ha-joon-chang/contrary-to-what-many-people-believe-the-welfare-state-was-originally/) [Ha-Joon Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ha-joon-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/ha-joon-chang-3497_basically_contrary-to-what-many-people-believe-the_2060830.png) > [Your audacious life goals are fabulous. We're proud of you for having them. But it's possible that those goals are designed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/your-audacious-life-goals-are-fabulous-we-re-proud-of-you-for-having/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/seth-godin-152_audacious_your-audacious-life-goals-are-fabulous-w_1393620.png) > [History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/history-has-its-truth-and-so-has-legend-legendary-truth-is-of-another/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/victor-hugo-32_fiction_history-has-its-truth-and-so-has-legend_3094072.jpg) > [Market values are fixed only in part by balance sheets and income statements; much more by the hopes and fears of humanity;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-m-loeb/market-values-are-fixed-only-in-part-by-balance-sheets-and-income/) [Gerald M. Loeb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-m-loeb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/gerald-m-loeb-42534_ambition_market-values-are-fixed-only-in-part-by_2125272.jpg) > [Laws of nature are human inventions, like ghosts. Laws of logic, or mathematics are also human inventions, like ghosts. The whole blessed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/laws-of-nature-are-human-inventions-like-ghosts-laws-of-logic-or/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/robert-m-pirsig-817_blessed_laws-of-nature-are-human-inventions-like_3113713.png) > [The Internet makes it possible for people like me to live the way I do now. Without it, I'd have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-haddam/the-internet-makes-it-possible-for-people-like-me-to-live-the-way-i/) [Jane Haddam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-haddam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/jane-haddam-28119_antibiotics_the-internet-makes-it-possible-for-peopl_3103897.jpg) ## Top authors on Invention - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-a-edison-90208.jpg) Thomas A. 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